{
 "answer": "The City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Consolidated Animal Regulation By-law 2021-072 (Section 3.00 -- Backyard Chicken Coops, added by By-law 2024-049), verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001576",
 "municipality": "Kawartha Lakes",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.kawarthalakes.ca/",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Consolidated Animal Regulation By-law 2021-072 (Section 3.00 -- Backyard Chicken Coops, added by By-law 2024-049)",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-03-19",
   "document_url": "https://gvstksaeu2pcustom001.ghdcdn.com/kawarthalakes-bylawdocuments/2021-072.docx",
   "summary": "Licenses backyard chicken coops on residential/rural lots of 0.25+ acres: max 10 hens per property, no roosters, max 50 licenses issued per year, coop/run setbacks match accessory-structure rules.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "3b6b89be129c9aab13f1198a02adac3631a04c27b27e357ea4a25a90a665fa44",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/3b6b89be129c9aab13f1198a02adac3631a04c27b27e357ea4a25a90a665fa44.docx",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/kawartha-lakes/backyard-hens/text-3b6b89be129c/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/kawartha-lakes/backyard-hens/"
}